Most Asian bourses claw back into green; shrug gloomy global leads

24 Nov 2011 Evaluate

A majority of equity markets in Asia have bounced back into the positive territory, post a sedate opening in early trades on Thursday, thanks to some bottom fishing after the recent streak of mayhem. Barring the Chinese and Japanese markets which traded in the negative zone, all other markets which were in green, traded only with marginal gains. Cautiousness loomed across the region amid heightened nervousness over the spreading European debt crisis contagion and disappointing US economic reports. On one hand, the poor results of German bond auction, which met with only 60 percent demand, dissuaded investors from taking large bets while on the other, sluggish US consumer spending data coupled with a report of second straight decline in orders for long-lasting manufactured products also played its share of spoilsport.

Markets in South Korea and Taiwan rebounded sharply and traded with over half a percent gains. However, the benchmark in Tokyo overlooked the cautiously optimistic trend largely prevailing in the region and traded on a bleak note with large cuts of over a percent as investors returning from a holiday caught up with European and global developments.

Hang Seng gained 31.68 points or 0.18% to 17,896.11, Jakarta Composite inched up 0.69 points or 0.02% to 3,687.70, KLSE Composite rose 1.92 points or 0.13% to 1,435.09, Straits Times advanced 10.22 points or 0.38% to 2,686.79, Seoul Composite climbed 9.30 points or 0.52% to 1,792.40 and Taiwan Weighted ascended 42.87 points or 0.63% to 6,849.30.

On the flipside, Shanghai Composite declined 9.34 points or 0.39% to 2,385.73 and Nikkei 225 plunged 115.05 points or 1.38% to 8,199.69.

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